Creve Coeur resident reports beating with club

Friday

May 30, 2014 at 12:01 AMMay 30, 2014 at 11:04 PM

PEORIA — A Creve Coeur resident was reportedly beaten in the back of the head with a club early Friday in South Peoria.

According to a police report, a 49-year-old woman from an apartment complex at 701 Fischer Road in Creve Coeur was sitting with people outside while drinking beer when an argument broke out. A woman sitting and drinking with the Creve Coeur woman then produced a club and hit the woman three times in the back of the head.

Police were called to UnityPoint Health-Methodist to see the victim and found her with bruising to the back of the head and scratch marks behind her ears. Reportedly, the victim was not very alert and had trouble speaking. After describing to police how the incident started, the victim did not cooperate any more.